... This chapter argues that the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s helped produce a key justification for the neoconservative U.S. war against Iraq in 2003. The war was partially justified by the claim that Iraq had the wherewithal to spread epidemic smallpox against an unvaccinated U.S...

... Iraq War smallpox state secrecy bioterrorism neoconservatism ...

... George Catlin Bruno Latour new materialisms smallpox performance ...

... The history of disease and environment in the Indian Ocean world links the region to broader world histories and offers ways to better understand the region on its own terms. This chapter addresses teaching the histories of diseases such as smallpox, cholera, and malaria that were endemic...

...” of the recently popular “new materialisms” and broadens Latour’s European “we,” modeling transcultural materialism in the center of Paris. George Catlin Bruno Latour new materialisms smallpox performance ...

... and communal influence. However, Nova Scotia’s unforgivingly harsh winters and recurring outbreaks of smallpox decimated Black Loyalist communities and compelled interdenominational cooperation. The chapter also analyzes Marrant’s response to communal suffering and argues that his adoption of the structural...

... of disease and environment in the Indian Ocean world links the region to broader world histories and offers ways to better understand the region on its own terms. This chapter addresses teaching the histories of diseases such as smallpox, cholera, and malaria that were endemic to the Indian Ocean and have...